HP Pavilion G6 Boot from USB + Enter Into BIOS Guide

Here is the HP Pavilion G6 Boot from the USB guide which can work for Windows and Linux. So without wasting time lets discuss the USB boot guide for your HP Pavilion G6.

What is Boot from USB?

It is a process of starting a Computer operating system from the USB drive.
Booting from USB enables us to get booting information in a USB rather than using a hard disk or the CD drive.
All new operating systems support to boot from USB in HP Pavilion G6.

About HP Pavilion G6

HP Pavilion G6 comes with 15.6-inches HD Display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.
It is powered by Intel Pentium B960 176 CPU with 6GB DDR3 RAM and 750GB HDD for storage.
The graphics are powered by Intel HD Graphics.
Lastly, it weighs 2.50 kg.

Advantages of Booting from USB?

There are many advantages of Booting from USB over other booting options such as DVD and other which are discussed below,

No need to purchase any blank CD and you can fill your own stuff along with the ISO file.
USB Drives are reusable
Faster read and write than CD
Very convenient and portable

Disadvantages of Booting from USB

Booting from USB is depended on the Hardware such as BIOS, motherboard and flash drive model as it may be working with one computer and refuses to another.
CD has wider support and USB boot functionality is not available for may operating systems.

Ways to Create Bootable USB in HP Pavilion G6

1. Create Bootable USB using Rufus

Download Rufus

After installing Rufus simply select the ISO file from the file manager and accept all settings when the popup window appears.
Select the MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI and If your laptop has UEFI bios then select the other two options.
For the Filesystem select NTFS option and select if your PC has UEFI bios then select FAT32.
The default Cluster size option should be selected.
Make sure all three options including Quick Format, Create a Bootable disk using and Create extended labels and icon files are selected.
Finally, start the process and this software will automatically format and create a bootable USB flash drive.

2. HP Pavilion G6 Boot from USB using Unetbootin

UNetbootin enables you to create a bootable USB drive for the Live operating system for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. To create a Bootable Live USB drive follow the instructions below,

Download UNetbootin for Windows

UNetbootin installs the Linux Distros ISO files for you if you want to use your own downloaded ISO file then follow instructions below,
To use already downloaded ISO file select the disk image option and provide the location of the file by clicking “…”.
After selecting the Linux Distribution or ISO file Format your USB drive as FAT32.
Target the USB drive on your HP Pavilion G6 and click on OK.
The process will automatically start and in case the installation doesn’t complete you can reformat USB as FAT32.

3. By using Universal USB Installer

Download Universal USB Installer

Using the Universal USB Installer is the easiest way to create a live Linux USB or bootable USB.
All you need to do is selecting the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, finally, Click Install.
The process will automatically start and you will receive a ready bootable USB Flash Drive.
Lastly, Change the boot order to Boot from USB in your Laptop.

What is BIOS

BIOS or (basic input/output system) is the first program that loads whenever your computer is turned on.
Furthermore, it is a software that controls display, keyboard, drives and more.
Computers are now coming with UEFI firmware installed instead of BIOS but there is a similar role of UEFI too.
It is made accessible to a nonvolatile read-only memory chip and whenever your computer is turned on the processor passes control to the BIOS.

Uses of BIOS

One can perform many functions with BIOS UI such as:

Setting or adjusting the system clock
For Enabling and disabling some system components and Hardware configuration
Lastly, Selecting boot drives and Setting password prompts for providing secured access to the BIOS user interface.